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RAILWAY GAR- Filed Feb. 15, 1940 10 Sheets-Sheet 1o IHIII if a 44 5Patented Mar. 2, 1943 war Peter Parke, Chicago, 111., assignor to The iman Company, Chicago, 111.,a corporation of Illinois V .ApplicationFebruary 15, 1940, Serial No. 219,039

6 Claims. (Cl. lim -315) This invention relates to railway sleeping carsand has particular reference to a new Pullman de luxe accommodationknown as the ll/iaster Room and has for its principal object theprovision of a spacious room having concealed sleep-' ing accommodationscomprising beds foldable endwise at right angles into the walls of theroom with movable chairs for use when the beds are closed and adapted tobe folded for storage under the beds during use of the beds. Animportant feature of the invention is the location of the master roombetween an adjoining communicable bedroom and an adjoining toilet andbath-whereshowing the longitudinally'disposed folding bed in the closedposition and the entrance door to the bathroom; and

Fig. is a vertical, cross-sectional view through the bathroom taken onthe line ill-i0 of Fig. 3. In the drawings, It represents a railway carhaving an aisle ii and a master room l2. The master room is formed byaisle partition l5. and

.side wall it connected by folding partition l3 and fixed partition it,and it will be noted that each of such walls and partitions is disposedin a single plane, wherefore it may be said --that the room is formed byrectilinear walls. Ceilings II,

in the master room, and. I8, in the aisle, provide roof zones above themaster room and aisle, respectively, for a purpose hereinafter toappear.

' An entrance door it. disposed in the aisle partition it, providesaccess to the master room from the aisle, and a mirror 20, on the innerside of the door, adds to the convenience of the cow-- pants ofthe-room. The folding partition is per- -mits of the use of adjoiningrooms en suite, and

- a mirror 22 is provided thereon in the adjoining cating bedroom withall of thef'acilities disposed for daytime use and the folding partitionbetween the rooms in open position;

Fig. 2 is also a general perspective view of the rooms with the bedsmade up for nighttime occupancy and the folding partition between therooms in the closed position;

Fig. 3 is a general plan view of the room arrangement with allfacilities disposed for daytime use;

Fig.4 is a longitudinal, sectional view through the rooms. taken on theline 4-4 of Fig. 3, looking towards the side wall with the beds made upfor nighttime occupancy;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal, sectional view through the rooms, taken on theline 5-5 of Fig. 3, looking towards the aisle partition with the beds intheir closed daytime positions;

Fig. 6 is a vertical, cross-sectional view through the adjoiningbedroom, taken on the line 6-5 of Fig. 3, showing the sofa-bed and upperberth in closed position;

Fig. 7 is a vertical, cross-sectional view through the adjoiningbedroom, taken on the line 1-4 of Fig. 3, showing the enclosed toiletfacilities and folding partition;

Fig. 8 is a vertical, cross-sectional view through open positionadjacent to the folding partition;

Fig. 9 is a vertical, cross-sectional view through room hereinafter tobe described and which may I be duplicated upon opposite sides of thepartition,'if desired. Disposed in the fixed partition as opposite thefolding partition. a door 2| provides access to an adjoining privatetoilet and bath 82. V

The bathroom 32 contains all of the ,toilet facilities for theroom-including a medicine cabinet 23, a washstand 24, a hopper 25 and ashower tub 25. The medicine cabinet; is provided with a hinged door 21,having a. mirror 28, and isadapted for the accommodation of toiletarticles. An

exterior shelf 39 may be used for the accommothe master room, taken onthe line 9-9 of Fig. 3,

dation. of toilet articles while the mirror 28 is I being used. Thewashstand 24 p is disposed beneath the medicine cabinet and is providedwith hot and cold water faucets 38 connected with con.- cealed supplypipes (not shown) and with a drain (not shown) emptying beneath the car.The; hopper 25 is provided with a hinged-seat 35 and a cover 36 and, asbest shown in Figs. 1 and 3,

is disposed in a comer of the bathroom adjacent the side wall of the carand out of the .way of the Washstand and medicine cabinet. A window asis provided in the bathroom to admit light and is. disposed in the sidewall it. The shower tub 25 is disposed upon the opposite side of thebathroom entrance door 2! from. the toilet and washstand and isprovidedwith a shower curtain 33 supported from red 3Aaffording an enclosablestall-and is equipped with a shower head 37 having controls 39 forregulating the'ilow of water therethrough. A, drain 3| is provided inthe shower tub to empty waste water beneath the car. i A

In the master room, between the doors I9 and 2I and disposed adjacentthe aisle partition I- and partition I4 in the corner formed thereby, isa'dual wardrobe 45 for the convenience of the occupants of the room.Dividing-partition 46 separates the wardrobe'into individualcompartments accessible through twin doors H. A baggage shelf 40 isdisposed at the top of the wardrobes and extends the length of the aislepartition I5 and along the bathroom partition I4 above the door 2I. 0nthe opposite side of the bathroom door 2I'from the wardrobe 45, the

partition I4 is constructed of greater depth, as

at II I, in order to accommodate a folding bed II2 hingedly mountedtherein, at 3, and foldable endwise flush therewithin, as best shown inFigs. 1, 3 and 9. The hinge point H3 is dis posed adjacent to the lowerend of the bed in the vertical, closed position; and the bed is movablethereabout from the fully closed position indicated in dotted lines inFig. 4 to the full-open, horizontal position indicated in full lines inthis same figure, during which movement the bed is balanced for easyhandling by coil springs H4 1 arranged in batteries of three at eachside of the under the influence of springs I I4 combined with startingor stopping movements of the car. The member I45 is provided'with asupporting mem- 'ber I46 plvotally mounted'therein and normally flushwith the surface thereof in the closed position, but which is movable to.an extended, hori- I45 at opposite sides of its pivot point and is heldin its respectively 'opposite extended and closed positions by a coilspring mounted' to exert a thrust beyond dead center with respect to thepivot point in each of the two such extreme positions. The support I46is channel-shaped in cross-section and, in the closed position, is

junction therewith. The support and holding bed, as shown in Fig. 9, andanchored to angle members H5 and I I5 rigidly secured to the lower endof the bed and the car floor, respectively. The bed H2 is received inrecess I H in the closed position and releasably secured byspring-actuated catches H8 mounted in the respective side walls of therecess and engageable with complemental combination lock member castingsH9.

secured in respectively opposing side walls of the bed. The latches II8each-engage the respective castings to hold the bed closed and arereleased, when it is desired to lower the bed, by means of push rods I2I which engage the latches and depressthem from engagement with thefunction in the open position of the bed as hereinafter described. 1 V

In the open position, the bed, at its edge away from the wall, I6, issupportedfrom the floor by. means of a combination bed leg and mattressholder I21 hingedly mounted on the side wall of the bed at the top edgethereof, as at I 28, and adapted to swing, through an arc of 270 ormore, from a position clamping the mattress in the vertical, closedposition of the bed, to a position supporting the bed in its horizontal,open position. ,The bed leg is provided with a catch I29 engageable withthe casting II9 to hold the leg vertical and closely adjacent to the'side of the bed in supportingposition and to preventthe foot of the legfrom being displaced outwardly. When it is desired to close the bed, theleg I21 maybe swung to lie across the mattress I33 where it is adaptedto be secured to V i hold the mattress in place as the bed is raised toits vertical, closed position.-

At its edge adjacent to wall I6, the bed is supported in its open,horizontalposition by means of combined bed support and holder I45 whichalso prevents the bed .irom accidentally closing adapted, through theforce exerted beyond dead center in this position, to confine aspring-actuated bed hold-down device I55 operating in condevice both aredisposed flush with the surface of member I45 and are adapted, both, tomove outwardly into operative positions when the support member is movedto a position where its spring exerts pressure beyond dead center out--wardly-'-thus urging such member to full open,

80 supporting position and releasing the hold-down device to move tobed-holding position under influence of its own spring. The bed-holdingdevice I55 is pivotally mounted in'the member I45, and the actuatingspring therefor operates in torsion about the pivot point. Stops areprovided for limiting outward movement of the holding device. 7

In the open position, the bed-holding-device is adapted to project intothe path of movement of 40 the bed I I2, whereby, as the bed is-loweredonto castings and hold them depressed until the bed is the support I46,it will automatically engage the casting II9 on the wall-adjacent sideof the bed.

It will readily be seen that the device I55 acts as from closing orbeing closed without first releasing the holding device. When it isdesired to close the bed H2, the catch I29 is released and the leg I 21secured across the mattress I33 and 'the'holding device then released,whereupon the bed may be raised to its vertical position within recess II1 and secured by catches I I8, after which the holding device I55 ispressed into the member I45 and the support I 46 closed thereabout tohold it in place and provide a flush surface. A safety device isprovided in the closed position of the bed to prevent the bed fromfalling accidentally in the event that the concealed catches II8 are notfully and positively engaged. .An automatically operating,spring-actuated catch I65.is disposed above and in position to beengaged by the bed as V it is closed and provides a safety device, fullyexposedto view, which must be operated by aporter' with a stick having ahook on the end, provided for the purpose, before the bed can bereleased.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the master room is provided with beds at rightangles to each other and both of which are foldable endwise into recesses in respectively adjacent, angularly disposed walls thereof and,as shown, are arranged in diagonally opposite corners of theroo'ms. Thebed above described is foldable into the partition I4 adjacent to theside wall I6 of the car and is openable to a longitudinally disposedposition along the side wall beneath the windows 14, but

does. not extend the full length of the room. At

the diagonally opposite'corner or the room from the bed first described,the aisle partition i is constructed of. greater depth, as at Hit, inorder to accommodate a folding bed H2 hingedly mounted therein at 3 andfoldable endwise flush therewithin, as best shown in Figs. 1,3 and 5.The hing point 3* is disposed adjacent to the lower end or the bed inthe vertical position" I tends across thefolding partition 53 betweenthe foot of the bed H2 and the partition and, of

course, is arrangedto operate in a plane at right angles to the planeofoperation of the bed H2. In its vertical, closed position, the bed H2is received in recess Ii! and releasably secured by spring-actuatedcatches lit mounted in the side walls of the recess in positions toengage coinplemental combination lock member castings H9 in the oppositeside walls of the bed. When it is desired to lower the bed to openposition, the latches 8 are released by means of push rods ill which areadapted to press the latches from engagement with the castings I I!) sothat the bed may be removed from the recess H1. The push rods iii areprojected in opposite directions by means of eccentric I26 operated byhandle 125 on the face of the bed. The bed H2, at its edge away from thepartition i8, is supported in the open position from r the floor bymeans of a combination bed leg and mattress holder I21 hingedly mountedon the side wall of the bed and adapted releasably to engage the lockcasting H9 to hold the leg in bed-supporting position. The leg also maybe sea cured across the mattress I33 to hold the bedding in place in thevertical, closed position of the bed. At its edge next to partition 18.the bed is supported from a fixed panel i3 forming part of the partitionby means of a combined bed support and holder I45". vA bed-supportingmember M8 is pivotally mounted in the member M8 normally flush therewithand is adapted to be moved to an extended horizontal position beforethe'bed is lowered to rest thereon. The member H5 also incorporates abed hold-down device I55 operat=- ing in conjunction with the supportingmember. I66 and both of which are spring-actuated and function inexactly the same manner as the similar support hereinbetore describedfor use with the bed H2. The bed H2 is alsoprovided with a safety deviceHi5 disposed above the bed re cess on the aisle partition ill} inposition to be engaged by the bed as it reaches closed position andwhich is releasable manually and functions, generally, similarly to thedevice 165 for the bed 2. v

The master room may not be" used en suite with the adjoining room whenthe bed H2. is

room and a largerfioor area is rendered available when the beds aremade-up, at which time the occupant of either bed may have access to anyof the other. facilities of the accommodatlon with out disturbingtheother occupant; and, by arranging the beds in the particular manner disclosed, at diagonally oppositecorners of the room, 5 greater window areais afforded; Movable chairs as are utilized for daytime use which arecapable of being folded,'and at night, when not in use; are collapsedand-storedunder'jthe-bedsm The utility and spaoiousnessof the room ar-.tion of Figs. 1 and 2, wherein it will be seen that the full area of theroom'is available when-the "beds are closed, andall'of thefacilitiesoftheroom are disposed ior most convenient use regardless ofthe positions of the bedsi V The adjoining bedroom 120, which may beused en suite with the master room I: by folding back the'partition I3as shown in Fig. 1, isequipped witha convertible sofa-bed I22 disposedtransversely of the room which may be utilized by the occupants ofeither room when the ensuite arrangement is availed of. The sofa H2 isconvertible into abed for use of an occupant of the bedroom, and-anupper berth W3 is provided 25 to afford an additional sleepingaccommodation for this room. Aiixtureifl, combining an enclosed toilethopper, foldingwashstand and medicine cabinet, is provided in thebedroom for use of the occupants thereof at times when this .room isused singly; but when-the: rooms are used en suite, the bathroom 32 isavailable to the occupants of either room. WindowiW-is' provided in thebedroom,and entrance door I'Sl aiiords access thereto independently ofthe master room.

The root zone space above the aisle ceiling i8 is utilized fortheaccommodation of condi-- tioned air duct Hill which opens into themaster room, the bedroom and the bathroom through suitable outlets i0],435 and branch connection H37, respectively. The outlets ldl and [35each have an extended, perforated surface I03 and i-tdenclosingrespective pressure chambers I02 and I31, which causes even'admis'sionof air throughout the surface area of the outlets and 7 equaldistribution of fresh air to the rooms. ,The fresh air supplied to thebathroom 82 by means of branch connection i 0] is admitted through theceiling thereof. Outlet grille-ltd in the master room entrance door l9and grille M1 in the bedroom entrance door (Si provide for recirculationof air in the rooms through the aisle areal I-the air withdrawn from therooms entering. a recir cu'lated air inlet (not shown) disposed in thecelling it to air conditioning equipment (not'shownl in the roofzone ofthe-car at one end-for redis-y tribution to thecar interior. Outletgrille l08 .:in' V the bathroom. door 2!, provides air communicationwith the master room. above the ceiling over the rooms accommodates avitiated air duct I05 communicating with the various rooms by means ofceiling inlets I06: in the master room, M9 in the bedroom, and H0 in thebathroom for exhausing foul and smoke- 1 laden air to the atmosphere,and which may be regulated to control the amount of air withdrawn byblower equipment (not shown) connected with t t the duct and disposed atthe opposite end of the car from that containing the air conditioningequipment above referred to. A branch duct I05 connects the grille-l ID'in the'bathroom with the 7 main duct I05 for communication therewith towithdraw vitiated'air fromthisroom.

From the foregoing, it will'be seenthat a new rangementrisf readilyapparent from an inspec The root zone area andluxuriousPullmanaccommodation-has been provided in which beds, foldable endwise andarranged'for operation in planes at right angles, afford fullutilization of the entire floor area of the room and, so disposed,permit the most convenient use of the remaining facilities of the room.

Reference is herein made to copending appli-' cations (Serial No.276,438, filed; may 29, 1939; Serial No. 282,109, filed June 30, 1939;and Serial No, 288,294, filed August 4, 1939) for furtherinformation inregard to more specific details of construction with respect to thebedsand their appurtenances and the bedroom arrangement and foldingpartition details. v

'tweenthe sofa and the folding partition, a pair of folding beds betweenthe folding partition and the other fixed partition, said beds beingdisposed right-angularly to each other when extended and one of thembeing foldable endwise into the aisle wall and extensible along thefolding'partition and adjacent thereto, and a door in the aisle wallbetween the last named bed and the second named fixed partition.

2. In a railway car having a side wall and a' straight parallel aislewall, a pair of straight,

fixed partitions and an intermediate partition all parallel to eachother and connecting the side and aisle walls and defining a pair of ad-Jacent rooms divided by the intermediate partition, said'intermediatepartition comprising a portion fixed to the side wall and a portionfold-;

able against the aisle wall andsald rooms bein adapted to be used ensuite when the foldable portion of the intermediate partition is infolded position, a sofa adjacent one of the fixed partitions-andextending transversely'of the car, a door in the aisle wall between thesoft and the intermediate partition, a pair of folding beds between theintermediate partition and the other fixed partition, said beds beingdisposed rightangularly to each other when extended and one of thembeing foldable endwise into the aisle wall'and extensible along theintermediate part'i- 7 tion and'adjacent thereto, means carried by thefixedportion of the intermediate-partition for supporting the extendedend portion of the last named bed, and a door in the aisle wall'betweensaid last named bed and the second named fixed partition. 7

3. In a railway car having a side 'wall and a straight parallel aislewall, a pair of straight, fixed partitions and an intermediate partitionall parallel to each other and connecting the side and aisle walls anddefining a. pair of adjacent rooms divided by the intermediatepartition, said intermediate partition comprising a portion fixed to theside wall and a portion foldable against the aisle wall and said roomsbeing adapted to be used en suite when the foldable portion of theintermediate partition is in folded position, a sofa adjacent one of thefixed partitions and extending transversely of the car, a door in theaisle Wall between the sofa and the intermediate partition, a foldingbed between the intermediate position and the other fixed.

partition,--said bed being foldable endwise into the aisle wall andextensible, along the intermediate partition and adjacent thereto, meansfor supporting the free end of said bed in extendedposition comprising abracket carried by the fixed portion of the intermediate partitionand-adapted to support one-side of the bed and a foldable leg mounted onand adapted to support the other side of the bed, and a door in theaisle wall between said bed and the second named fixed partition. I

4. In a railway car having a side wall and a straight parallel aislewall, a pair ofstraight, fixed-partitions and an intermediate partitionall parallel to each other and connecting the side and aisle walls anddefining a pair of adjacent rooms divided by the intermediate partition,

said intermediate partition comprising a portion fixed to the side walland a portion foldable against the aisle wall and said rooms beingadapted to be used en suite when the foldable 95 tions and extendingtransversely of the car, a-

door in the aisle wall between the sofa and the intermediate partition,a pair of folding beds between the intermediate partition and the otherfixed partition including a bed foldable endwise into said other; fixedpartition and extensible longitudinally of the car .to a positionparallel to and adjacent the side wall and a bed foldable endwise intothe aisle wall and extensible along the intermediate partition andadjacent thereto, means for supporting the free end of the first namedbed in extended position comprising a bracket carried by the side walland adapted to support one side of the bed and a foldable leg mountedo'n and adapted tosupport the other side of the bed, means forsupporting the free end of the second named bed in extended positioncomprising abracket carried by the fixed portion of the intermediatepartition and-adapted to support one side of adapted to support theotherIside of the bed,

and a door in the aisle wall between said bed and the second named fixedpartition.

5. In a railway car, a master room having a bed therein disposedtransversely of the car and a second bed disposed longitudinally of thecar adjacent to the car side wall, a bed room adjoining the master roomatone end having sleeping accommodations and toilet facilities andseparated from the master room by a folding partition extendingsubstantially entirely across the two rooms and adapted when folded toconvert said two rooms into a single large room, said transverse bedbeing disposed adjacent to the folding partition and being foldable offthe fioor area against one of the room walls extending longitudinally ofthe car, said longitudinal bed being foldable off of the fioor area andagainst the room wall opposite to the folding partition, a bath roomadjoining the master roomat the other end and separated therefrom by afixed partition having a door whereby the facilities of the bath roomare available to-the occupants of said single large room when thefolding partition'is folded,'ari aisle wall defining one side of themaster room, bed room and bath room, and separate doors in the aislewall opening into the master room and the bed room, the latter doorbeing co vered by the folding partition when in folded position.

the bed and a foldable leg mounted on and a 6. In a railway car, amaster room. a bed room adjoining the master room at one end havingsleeping accommodations and toilet facilities and separated from themaster room by a folding partition extending substantially entirelyacross the two rooms and adapted when folded to convert said two roomsinto a single large room, a bath room adjoining the master room at theother end and separated therefrom by a fixed partition having a doorwhereby the facilities of the bath room are, available to the occupantsof said single large room when the folding partition is folded, a sidewall and an aisle wail definingopposite sides of the mas ter room, bedroom and bath room, separate doors in the aisle wall opening into themaster room and the bed room, the latter door being coveredgby thefolding partition when in folded position, a bed in the'master roomfoldable into the fixed partition between the door therein and the sidewall and extensible alongthe side wall,

and a second bed in the master room extending transversely of the caradjacent to the foldin partition and foldable against the aisle wall.

'- PETER PARKE.

